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My mother, who was quite sharp when I was young, became utterly mild.

~Antonia Fraser

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My mother was a politician in my formative years.

~Antonia Fraser

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My advantage as a woman and a human being has been in having a mother who believed strongly in women's education. She was an early undergraduate at Oxford, and her own mother was a doctor.

~Antonia Fraser

Topics: Advantage Been Being Believed Doctor Early Education Having Her Human Human Being Mother Own Oxford She Strongly Undergraduate Who Woman Women

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Lives in previous centuries for women are largely a matter of class. It would have been fun to have been a rich, privileged woman in the 18th century, but no fun at all to be her maid.

~Antonia Fraser

Topics: Been Centuries Century Class Fun Her Largely Lives Maid Matter No Fun Previous Privileged Rich Woman Women Women Are Would 18Th Century

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King Charles II liked women's company and well as making love to them.

~Antonia Fraser

Topics: Charles Company King Liked Love Making Them Well Women

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It can be a long gap between the emergence of fully researched historical biographies.

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The clue to book jacket photography is to look friendly and approachable, but not too glamorous.

~Antonia Fraser

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I'm glad I was never an heiress.

~Antonia Fraser

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I think there has been a great deal of valuable revisionism in women's history.

~Antonia Fraser

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I think there's a tremendous split between people who've been through a war and people who haven't.

~Antonia Fraser

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Author

Born: August 27th, 1932

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